Manuela Ventura

Rocco Chinnici - È così lieve il tuo bacio sulla fronte

Michele Soavi

Sergio Castellitto, Cristiana Dell'Anna

The last years of Italian judge Rocco Chinnici—who was instrumental in the battle against Cosa Nostra, laying the basis for the famous Antimafia Pool—before his assassination, as seen through the eyes of his daughter Caterina.

Ninna nanna

Enzo Russo, Dario Germani

Francesca Inaudi, Fabrizio Ferracane

Black Souls

Francesco Munzi

Marco Leonardi, Peppino Mazzotta

A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.

Prima che la notte

Daniele Vicari

Fabrizio Gifuni, Lorenza Indovina

The life and times of Pippo Fava, a Sicilian journalist who fought the Mafia through his local newspaper in the '70s and early '80s, meeting an untimely end.

Where Am I Going?

Gennaro Nunziante

Checco Zalone, Eleonora Giovanardi

Checco is 39 and lived his entire life with his parents. He loves his job where he does nothing the whole day, until something happens that will change his behavior and his life forever...

Sulla stessa onda

Massimiliano Camaiti

Elvira Camarrone, Christian Roberto

A summer fling born under the Sicilian sun quickly develops into a heartbreaking love story that forces a boy and girl to grow up too quickly.

Cetto c'è, senzadubbiamente

Giulio Manfredonia

Antonio Albanese, Nicola Rignanese

Cetto la Qualunque, having set aside all political ambition, is now nothing more than an entrepreneur. But the news of the worsening condition of his aunt leads him to return to Italy, where something from his past will be revealed and, “doubtlessly,” all of our lives will be forever changed.

La vita è una cosa meravigliosa

Carlo Vanzina

Gigi Proietti, Vincenzo Salemme

A policeman who spies on the lives of others, an important banker married to a housewife who poses as a noblewoman. A precarious young masseuse and an electrician madly in love. Very different lives that end up intertwining. But also extremely complicated and troubled lives ... Even if, after all, life is a wonderful thing ...

Volevo i pantaloni

Maurizio Ponzi

Giulia Fossà, Ángela Molina

Annetta, of Sicilian origins, is annoyed by the different treatments and freedoms reserved for men and women. Because of her rebellious attitude, the girl is locked up in the house of her relatives where she suffers an attempt of violence by her uncle. After returning to her parents, she finally gets married to her beloved Nicola.

Shotgun

Marta Savina

Claudia Gusmano, Fabrizio Ferracane

It’s 1965 and Lia, a spirited young woman living in a small Sicilian town, is initially attracted to Lorenzo, the son of the most prominent (and possibly Mafia-tied) local family. His possessiveness eventually repels her. But soon after, he appears with his cronies to kidnap, rape and force her into a shotgun marriage, all with the collusion of the town’s authorities. Lia and her family refuse to accept this barbaric ‘tradition’ and, despite the constant intimidation and violence, they take their fight for Lia’s rights to court.

L'uomo risacca

Luca Guadagnino

Fabrizia Sacchi, Manuela Ventura

From a poem of Gabriele Frasca